1 Samuel 23

And it was told David, saying, Behold, the Philistines are fighting against Keila, and they are plundering and trampling the threshing floors.

And David inquired through the Lord, saying, Shall I go and strike these Philistines? And the Lord said, Go, and you shall strike these Philistines, and shall save Keila.

And David's men said to him, Behold, we here in Ioudaia are afraid; and how much more if we go to Keila — we shall be going into the spoils of the Philistines.

And David inquired again through the Lord, and the Lord answered him and said to him, Arise and go down to Keila, for I am delivering the Philistines into your hands.

And David and the men with him went to Keila, and he fought against the Philistines, and they fled from before him; and he carried off their cattle and struck them with a great slaughter; and David saved those who dwelt in Keila.

And it came to pass, when Abiathar son of Abimelech fled to David, that he went down with David to Keila, having an ephod in his hand.

And it was told Saul that David had come to Keila. And Saul said, God has sold him into my hands, for he is shut in, having entered a city of doors and bars.

And Saul summoned all the people to go down to war to Keila, to besiege David and his men.

And David knew that Saul was not keeping silent about the evil he intended against him, and David said to Abiathar the priest, Bring near the ephod of the Lord.

And David said, O Lord God of Israel, your servant has surely heard that Saul seeks to come to Keila, to destroy the city because of me.

Will it be shut up? And now, will Saul come down as your servant has heard? O Lord God of Israel, tell your servant. And the Lord said, It shall be shut up.

And David arose, and the men with him, about four hundred, and they went out of Keila and went wherever they could go. And it was told Saul that David had escaped from Keila, and he gave up going out.

And David dwelt in the wilderness at Maserem, in the strongholds; and he dwelt in the wilderness on the mountain of Ziph, in the parched land. And Saul sought him all the days, but the Lord did not deliver him into his hands.

And David saw that Saul was coming out to seek David; and David was on the parched mountain, in Kaine of Ziph.

And Ionathan son of Saul arose and went to David at Kaine, and strengthened his hands in the Lord.

And he said to him, Do not fear, for the hand of Saul my father shall not find you; and you shall reign over Israel, and I shall be second to you; and Saul my father knows it is so.

And they both made a covenant before the Lord. And David remained in Kaine, and Ionathan departed to his house.

And the Ziphites went up from the parched land to Saul at the hill, saying, Behold, is not David hidden with us in Messara, in the strongholds, in Kaine, on the hill of Echela, which is to the right of Iessaimoun?

And now, all that is according to the king's desire for coming down, let him come down to us; they have shut him up into the king's hands.

And Saul said to them, Blessed are you of the Lord, for you have laboured for me.

Go now and make further preparation, and learn his place, where his foot shall be, quickly, there where you said — lest he deal craftily.

See and learn, and we will go with you; and it shall be, if he is in the land, I will search him out among all the thousands of Iouda.

And the Ziphites arose and went before Saul; but David and his men were in the wilderness of Maan, toward the west, to the right of Iessaimoun.

And Saul and his men went to seek him. And they told David, and he went down to the rock that is in the wilderness of Maan. And Saul heard it and pursued after David into the wilderness of Maan.

And Saul and his men go on this side of the mountain, and David and his men were on that side of the mountain; and David was covering himself as he went from before Saul, and Saul and his men encamped against David and his men, to seize them.

And a messenger came to Saul, saying, Hurry and come, for the Philistines have attacked the land.

So Saul turned back from pursuing after David, and went to meet the Philistines; therefore that place was called The Rock That Was Divided.